Summer 2017: The Council of Graduate Schools selects UW–Madison to take part in the $2 million, multi-institutional grant to study PhD career pathways.
Fall 2017: The Graduate School administers a PhD career outcomes survey to a sample of 2,200 doctoral alumni three, eight, and 15 years after graduation. The overall response rate is 33%.
Spring 2018: The Graduate School administers a career aspirations survey to a sample of 1,100 PhD students in their second and fifth years of study. The response rate is 43%.
Fall 2018: The Graduate School administers a PhD career outcomes survey to a second sample of 2,200 doctoral alumni three, eight, and 15 years after graduation. The response rate is 33%.
Winter 2019: The Graduate School publishes a data visualization of PhD employment outcomes based on the first two years of alumni survey data.
Spring 2019: The Graduate School administers a career aspirations survey to a second sample of 1,200 PhD students in their second and fifth years of study. The response rate is 32%.
Summer 2019: The Graduate School releases its first data brief, focused on PhD career preferences, outcomes, and alignment based on the first two years of student and alumni survey data.
Fall 2019: The Graduate School administers a PhD career outcomes survey to a third sample of approximately 2,200 doctoral alumni three, eight, and 15 years after graduation.
Spring 2020: The Graduate School administers a career aspirations survey to a third sample of approximately 1,100 PhD students in their second and fifth years of study.
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